SCIENCE FICTION

The Old New Ensign by Jack Mackenzie

He was a medic in an army at war. If he played his cards right he might find a way into a comfy job on the Admiral’s staff. If he failed, he was sure to end up on the front lines in the battle with the alien Kreoch. All that stood between these two fates was a mystery concerning the theft the Admiral’s stasis chamber door. He would follow the thieves and maybe, just maybe, he’d survive long enough to solve the mystery. Set in the same universe as Debt’s Pledge, Jack Mackenzie delights us with this quirky tale of a lowly medic and the mystery surrounding the Old New Ensign.

He was a soldier without a war, alone and unwanted, until he discovered an alien enemy…

Jefferson Odett found a skull on a blasted world on the edge of human space, just before the campaign against the rebel stationers was called off. A skull that was not human. When the transport taking him home is attacked by a strange alien vessel, crewed by fearsome creatures, Odett barely manages to escape with his life.

Convinced the skull he found was from the same species as the aliens who attacked his transport, Odett believes they represent a deadly threat to humanity. The commanders of Earth’s military disagree and dismiss his claim. They send him to a remote outpost of a few hundred colonists. Saddled with a platoon of undisciplined and mostly green soldiers, Odett finds himself in an unenviable command on a backwater world.

But there is something else on this forgotten world — something frightening that he has encountered before. Odett and his platoon of green soldiers, hard cases and discipline problems are all that stand between the colonists and an alien army of unspeakable power who will kill any species that gets in their way.

A forgotten world, a powerful artifact and a galaxy on the brink of war…

Solis DeLacey, captain of the Alpha Centauri Sol Collective vessel Boston, has been sent to a newly discovered world rich in natural resources. But one ship, the Empress Jade and her crew has already gone missing while surveying the planet, dubbed Bounty, and the finger of suspicion is pointing directly to the heart of the Orion Hegemony, the ACSC`s sworn enemy. DeLacey, her crew and a ship full of scientists find a world teeming with life including the enigmatic natives of Bounty, the Shum. The planet seems like a paradise where life does more than thrive, it excels. But when they find the wreckage of the the Empress Jade, they also find definitive evidence that the Hegemony was involved in her destruction. With the arrival of a Hegemony vessel crewed by Da’baa’kh, ruthless, animal-like soldiers, the game changes. The Da’baa’kh are hell bent on finding an ancient treasure – an artifact powerful enough to bring an entire Collective to its knees. Now DeLacey must discover its secret and defeat her enemies before the galaxy is plunged into total war…Space Adventure at 144, 809 wrds. Series: Solis DeLacey Series

G. W. Thomas serves up three helpings of Space adventure on the planet Utukku, where the fine sands and constant winds making tracking impossible. Follow Ranger Neely as he chases bad guys and deals with the savage trogs with lazer pistol in hand and his trusty crookback at his side. Science Fiction with a frontier flavor. Features “Alcestis”, “The Black Beast of Larraby” and “Salvage Rites”.

Welcome to the planet Utukku, where the winds never stop blowing and a man can die from the heat, hostile trogs, or worse yet, your fellow man. Ranger Neely is trailing a murderer who leads him on a chase across the harsh surface of the Utukkun desert. Does the killer want to be caught? The mystery deepens as Neely gets closer to a terrible secret. If you want all the Neely stories look above for The Star-Studded Plain.

On a planet where footprints disappear in seconds because of the shifting winds, how do you track a man? Barton Fisk, the outlaw, had found a way, the Black Beast. Ranger Neely is the intended prey! One of the Utukku planet stories featuring Ranger Neely. If you want all the Neely stories look above for The Star-Studded Plain.

Ranger Neely has retired from the service and takes up prospecting. He’s not looking for gold but ancient artifacts left by a mysterious race that once crossed the galaxies. Neely’s plans go south when Barton Fisk the outlaw decides to hold up the stage. Neely is forced to think fast if he is going to save himself as well as the beautiful woman on board. f you want all the Neely stories look above for The Star-Studded Plain.

Super-Gal is on trial for her life. She’s accused of murder and if she’s found guilty she will face the most terrible fate possible — becoming a mere mortal. G. W. Thomas presents his light parody of the super-hero genre in this hilarious but touching tale.